Latest Breaking News On - Manager jordan stanchina - Page 7 : comparemela.com
janderson@ironmountaindailynews.com
IRON MOUNTAIN Iron Mountain City Council gave preliminary approval Monday on pursuing a $230,000 state grant to expand a mountain bike trail system.
Dickinson Trail Network is spearheading the project, which envisions about 6 miles of public trails on city property east of Park Avenue.
A roughly $70,000 local match would be needed for the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund grant, but it could come through private donations and in-kind labor.
“Ideally, the city match would be as little as possible,” DTN President Chad Susott said during the Zoom meeting Monday.
The proposed Pewabic Hill trail system complements DTN’s Millie Hill Trailhead, a 5-mile system just west of Park Avenue.
Iron-mountain
Michigan
United-states
Walpole-mine
Kyle-blomquist
Pewabic-hill
Dale-alessandrini
Ken-clawson
Louise-king
Iron-mountain-housing-commission
Motorola
Michigan-natural-resources-trust-fund
janderson@ironmountaindailynews.com
IRON MOUNTAIN Natural or “green” burials may be permitted in a portion of Iron Mountain Cemetery Park later this year, the city council learned Monday.
“Hopefully by summer we’ll have something ready to go,” City Manager Jordan Stanchina said during a Zoom meeting.
The city began exploring the idea after a community presentation in 2019 by the Keweenaw Green Burial Alliance. For a green burial, the body is not cremated nor infused with embalming chemicals that might get into the soil. It instead is placed in a biodegradable coffin or shroud and buried without a vault.
Though usually less expensive than a conventional burial, the option is available at just a handful of cemeteries across the U.P.
Italy
Wisconsin
United-states
Sassoferrato
Marche
Italian
Dale-alessandrini
Mike-piazza
Roberto-angotti
Keweenaw-green-burial-alliance
Michigan-state-police
Iron-mountain-cemetery-park